Health

Allevi Made the MedTech FierceMedTech’s 2018 Fierce 15

February 20, 2019

These are the ideas that can move the needle. FierceMedTech’s Fierce 15 class of 2018 is aimed at advancement—whether it’s simply combining new know-how with old methods, making definitive improvements in well-trodden fields, or pushing us to reconsider how far we can reach with the means available today. They are about taking steps over, around or […]

Halo Labs Raises $5.6M in Series B Financing Round

January 8, 2019

Halo Labs, a life science instrumentation company developing tools for biologics researchers, today announced it has closed a $5.6M Series B financing round led by Research Corporation Technologies (RCT). The funding will be used to support the promising commercialization of Halo Labs’ Horizon® subvisible particle analysis instrument and the continued development of the company’s product […]

Lia Diagnostics Adds New Investor and $2.6 Million in Venture Capital

November 13, 2018

Center City’s Lia Diagnostics, makers of a flushable pregnancy test, just took on $2.6 million in venture capital as it continues to work on bringing the test to the consumer market. CEO and cofounder Bethany Edwards declined to comment on specific terms of the round, but she confirmed that investors included past backers of the startup (like Ben Franklin […]

Teleflex Acquires Essential Medical

October 23, 2018

Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX) today announced that it has acquired Essential Medical, Inc. Based in Exton, PA, Essential Medical is a privately-held medical device company that has developed and commercialized the CE Marked MANTA™ Vascular Closure Device specifically designed for closure of large bore arteriotomies following procedures utilizing devices or sheaths ranging in size from […]

Meet the Health Care Innovators 2018

September 17, 2018

This 2018 Philadelphia Business Journal Health Care Innovators/Extraordinary Doctors awards program was dominated by the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Penn Medicine along with six doctors from the health system are among the 25 organizations and individuals selected for recognition. Also receiving multiple recognitions is Einstein Healthcare Network, which had three physicians selected as Extraordinary […]

The Inquirer’s 2018 Stellar StartUps Winners Named at Gala

September 14, 2018

A man with a cooking passion since childhood. High school friends who bonded over a chemistry project. A former EMT whose on-the-ground experience triggered a desire to figure out a better way to get patients to medical appointments. They are among the Inquirer’s 2018 Stellar StartUps winners. From nearly 100 contenders, winners in nine categories […]

These Are The 397 Most Inspiring, Innovative Designs of 2018

September 13, 2018

Fast Company’s Innovation By Design Awards celebrate trailblazing design in business. This year, our expert judges selected standouts from more than 2,800 submissions across 16 categories. That includes our first-ever Design Company of the Year Award, recognizing high-quality, ambitious design work throughout an organization. All the honorees share one thing: a commitment to solving problems, […]

59 Health Tech Companies Share Their 2017 Revenues to Land on Inc 5000 List

September 8, 2018

It’s become an annual tradition for MobiHealthNews to parse Inc. Magazine’s Inc 5,000 list of fastest growing companies in America, calling out the digital health and health tech companies that made the list. We found more companies than ever on this year’s list, some you’ll recognize and some you may not. While MobiHealthNews doesn’t generally report on awards, we […]

Allevi and Made In Space Partner Up for New Initiative: 3D Bioprinting in Outer Space

August 7, 2018

3D bioprinting company Allevi, formerly known as BioBots, is on a mission to make it easier for scientists and researchers to design and engineer 3D tissues. The company, which was founded four years ago, develops 3D bioprinters, software, and bioinks for the purposes of solving the most difficult biomedical problems that plague our world, such […]

A Pregnancy Test You Can Flush Down the Toilet Is Almost a Reality

July 13, 2018

Picture a pregnancy test, and chances are that some version of the following image will pop up: a clinical plastic stick, possibly with a pink handle and the words “pregnant” and “not pregnant” printed at one end. Now try and imagine a vastly new-and-improved version of the product that’s become so integral to women’s lives, but hasn’t […]